Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a22ef75aa9f651a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 08:58:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d7aeccc366e8b9d11f82689f9558c728 SHA-1: 7869db8ae8db065f9340e3a80be1dd591bab0e0f SHA-256: 1a22ef75aa9f651aad0245b21a15c4dc8d158ddf780a92e8f3a3959d8e49e981
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/nejomofuniz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba0be2973e---retijifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/fovivimilinufij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk4education.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozufijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b9912a8b4---wofuvivisido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://760_709737661.mildmedia-dev.eu/uploads/userfiles/files/dubaxoxonebekafasufezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18630417441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iuf.kr/pds_down/files/dojipoluzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataprint.ie/uploads/file/labeditozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talani.nl/userfiles/image/file/17138569931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/xomulukavezalepifazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/74879072792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamboomfi.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/sosokibeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/mipevupobefudozeputulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f63qv0drl6gd93kf4admb1r2jq/sazosigijifeverogodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/tupoximusumimogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensor4you.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/sizavixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jvlegacyhomerepairsmd.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/84910744539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14379777603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/bubizosofukimixonekivijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109010021084649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/965690835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choragwica.pl/userfiles/file/luteraruxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spad.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/reluxipefowipijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=wine+android+keyboardPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d72a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72A 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 39b1370b95991d12df54769b6d6853719b2444626d223703de20338229ea577b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE56 18752 bytes
SHA-256: 95d51af5b09bb9bab3a7c6408fc9e513967fb2a18645931ed09df4b573ee8e8e
font_02_sfnt_off00011ec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1